The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-03-12
SAVED BY A "JOB."
STORY of One Who Nearly Com
mitted Suicide.

Not far from the center of department
activity in Washington is cosy restaurant
fAat is a favorite resort of lovers Of good
fare and of that quiet which, to many, is so
needful an accessory to the enjoyment of a
good meal. 1t is noted not only for cosiness
and the excellent character of it's viands
and liquors, as well as the polite attention
one Is sure to receive, but because it is the
resort of the Bohemians of the capital
Around its tables, especially in the even
ings, there congregate in small groups
some of the brightest and best of the Young
and cid men, temporarily or permanently
located i'll Washington; and here the social
and political gossip of the day is retailed at
ats freshest; good stories, told with a Zest
by rare story tellers, evoke merriment;
men and things are discussed with wit and
intelligence, and political movements are
conceived and formulated that are often far
reaching in their consequences.
Not many evenings ago there was gath
erred at one of the tables party of four
gentlemen, who over their coffee and cigars
were discussing subject not altogether in
keeping with the surroundings, all of which
suggested life and the enjoyment of it,
They were acquaintances of some months
standing; men who had been thrown to-
gether in the whirl of winter life at the
capital, and who had found something CON
genial in each others society in spite of the
great disparity in age, profession and sta
ton. The eldest of the party, Colonel on
the retired list, had found Washington an
agreeable place to spend his days after
years of active service in the Mexican and
civil wars, in that arduous occupation of
the American soldier-chasing and fighting
Tndi ha
STRIPPING compared with this grizzled vet
.eran but a man with a keen look in the
bright hazel eyes that shone behind pair
of glasses, and an assurance of manner
born of long association with men of the
world older in years and experience than
himself, was one of the brightest mon of
Newspaper Row; a Congressman serving
his first term from Western State was
the third member of the party and the
fourth a dabbler in art and literature whose
name has not yet become known to fame in
either.
Il see" said the newspaper man, as he
laid down his coffee cup, ''that Browns
body has been found, and there is no doubt
that he committed suicide"
''As usual, George" lisped the dilettante
IN art, ''you tell US something that is not
news. Trust newspaper man for that
Y on follows always greet one another with
the Sanitation What do you knowf and
invariably keep your own little items of
news for the paper whose special you are !"
SLOW is it with the artistic fraternity,
'Gus!" retorted George, reused by this home
thrust care they in the habit of giving
their ideas of coloring or of technique to
theirufellow laborers in the vineyard2 Or
do they wait until they have put them in
concrete form before the eyes of % probable
purchased"
Gus relapsed into silence and the member
from the West, after puff or two at his
cigar, said contemplatively; "Well, Brown
found a way out of an existence which soon
would have become unbearable. 1t was
the only course left him, unless he chose to
go to Canada. think he was wise in his
choice of alternatives"
81 don't agree with you,n broke in George
ait is only coward who would choose such
a way of solving the problem"
There you go again, my friend" inter
rupted Gus. at is the province of the
newspaper writer to volunteer opinions
and you are always at it,"
"And unfortunately for the community
10 which thu are given" said the Colonel,
Joining in the conversation, newspaper
opinions are too often given to the public
half formed, or are the reiteration of trite
laphorisms that are but half truths, but
which, from their constant use, have come
to pass as sound currency. Our young
friend here has probably caught up that
idea Of the cowardliness of suicide with
his shorthand notes of some good clergy
mans sermon, when he was an ordinary re-
porter, and it has been Coating about in his